The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Glitches and Cheats (Xbox and PC)
Tips and tricks for one of the best RPG games out there
By Alexandru Stanescu, Editor, Gaming Reviews (Consoles)
30th of January 2007, 16:22 GMT
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Although Oblivion is still collecting awards and praises from the gaming press, its prequel, Morrowind, is still played by many RPG fans. There will never be a 100% done Morrowind game since the combinations of races, items and abilities have no known limit yet. It's like no one has lived to tell if Bethesda's cult game has a point where everything gets redundant. Elder Scrolls III is the definition of non-linearity and you need to have a certain guideline to get things right. Those tips I provided are not practically cheats, because in such a game, cheating would be a real pity, when you think about the game's value and the way it challenges the gamer.
Glitches Exploiting glitches however is not quite the same thing as cheating and some of those glitches can be really troublesome as are Xbox and PC game glitches and taming them for fun, profit, or keeping the game working.
For the Xbox, the easiest way to identify lockups is the same as the way to find out on the NES:
1) No disc activity (DVD or Hard Disk).
2) Monotone Sound Output, or repeating sections of music approximately 1 sec. long.
3) No response to controller input. The game can lockup at a 'Loading Exterior' screen, but make sure there is no disc activity before you eject/power down the console. On the PC, you should know what to look for if you've used a PC for more than an hour at a time.
The game does occasionally lock up. They cannot usually be detected, prevented, or avoided. Saving often is all you can do to minimize damages.
You can stick to walls and ceilings by jumping into them. This helps a good deal in some Dwemer ruins with pipes leading to upper floors.
If you have a price on your head, and you are in the Thieves Guild (which usually go hand-in-hand), you can get rid of it for free! Talk to the bartender in Balmora in the South Wall Cornerclub (it also works on any other price-on-your-head person) to get rid of the price at a discount and without losing your stolen items. But, try dropping your gold in the hall before you talk to him. It says the gold is removed, but it's not! Go back in the hallway
and get your gold. It's all there, and you have no bounty.
There are a lot of clipping glitches (that is, objects going through other objects or walls). They don't hurt anything really, but are more common than usual, and an example of ported PC code brought to the Xbox. The Xbox (and a decent PC, for that matter) should be able to make a dead rat bend to a hill rather than going through it. Just weird to look at.
Whether a glitch or not, you do not automatically record your save in game maps while in combat (when the dramatic music plays). This causes black spots to appear, and can leave a map looking like Swiss cheese if the area is heavily populated. It also seems to go out at random because of any kind of magical effect. Checking the map in game every few seconds seems to help it.
Talking to the wise women in the first Ashlander group will get you a copy of 2 of the prophecies. Talk about it again and she will give you another copy of each.
Mentioned in Chapter 1, avoid talking about 'Law of Morrowind' with people, it is an endless loop glitch and you will have to reload your game.
Spells set to activate on target and with a decent area rating can kill people and enemies through walls and doors. This can be used to get rid of the rats in the Mages Guild that has the rat infestation.
Reading a book that enhances your skill points in a category that you have already reached 100 in will not increase the skill, but it will count toward your level up. Same goes for using the master trainers.
If you enchant an item to have a constant effect of bound item, the bound item will be permanent.
Since the wise woman from the Ahenmussa camp can water-walk without spells, and M'Aiq the Liar can too, it's possible that the game has a glitch that does this: citizens cannot swim, only water-walk, because they aren't programmed to do anything else. But in Seyda Neen, Fargoth does not.
If you cast Soul Trap on a named monster, like Rollie the Guar, the soul gem will have its name in the gem. Rollie offers no extra points compared to a normal Guar.
Your magic spell/item is occasionally deselected for no reason. This usually happens in combat when you are attacked by a magic spell set to 'Target', but occurs on other circumstances too.
Tall characters may have a hard time navigating around Telvanni towers, especially while levitating in the halls. This is one thing giving that .5 to the Bosmer. Sneaking can help get with this.
If you use your notebook and check under 'price on your head', it will show you the current amount of gold you would have to pay to the person you talked to first. It may be different if you go to a different person to remove the bounty.
On the PC version, talk to the woman who pays your 1000 gold for solving the murder of Ralen Hlaalu early in the game, keep talking to her and she will keep paying you.
If you have a bound weapon, and another weapon, quick switch by holding X and pressing L AND R (Xbox). You'll hear the sound but the weapon won't change. Keep doing it and it will trigger the fortify weapon bonus associated to it to become permanent and layered, and the extra bonus over 100 counts, so feel free to give yourself a 230 in Marksman with a Fortified Long Bow.
Your map shows the boat you come in although it isn't there in the actual game.
Cheat Codes
XBOX: Go to the stats menu. It is not necessary to highlight the desired stat to activate the code, but it is to increase it. After typing in the code, press and hold 'A' until the stat reaches the desired level. If you want to be an extra big cheater, keep holding 'A' and leave the menu, it will constantly go up. Changing menu screens will deactivate the codes as will putting in another code.
Health: Push Black, White, Black, Black, Black Magicka: Push Black, White, White, Black, White Fatigue: Push Black, Black, White, White, Black
Artifact Codes Press the tilde key (~) to bring up the console.
Stalhrim Longsword of Flame - BM ice longsword_FG_Unique
Hunter's Amulet of Speed - bm_amulspd1
Hunter's Amulet of Strength - bm_amulstr1
Spear of the Hunter - BM_hunterspear_unique
Mace of Aevar Stone-Singer - BM_Mace_Aevar_UNI
Hircine's Ring - BM_ring_hircine
Keening - keening
Barilzar's Mazed Band - mazed_band_end
Moon-and-Star - moon_and_star
Trueflame (without flame) - nerevarblade_01
Trueflame(with flame) - nerevarblade_01_flame
Shadow Shield - shadow_shield
Sunder - sunder
Hopesfire - Sword of Almalexia
Wraithguard right - wraithguard
Wraithguard left - wraithguard_jury_rig
Change Disposition Press the tilde (~) key to open the console, and then type the codes in.
setdisposition 0 - Makes the targeted NPC hate you.
setdisposition 100 - Makes the targeted NPC love you.
player->setreputation 0 - Makes you not famous.
player->setreputation 255 - Makes you really famous.
setpccrimelevel 0 - remove bounty on your head (no longer breaking the law)
This is for the maniacs out there, here's your daddy! He finished the game in 16 minutes:
Player stats: Name: Dunkwyk Race: Argonian (Chosen for 50 Speed, 40 Intelligence, Alchemy Bonus) Class: Assassin (Chosen for Speed 10, Intelligence 10, Alchemy Minor Skill) Sign: The Steed (Chosen for Speed 25)"
Enjoy this map and find out how huge Morrowind really is:
Although Oblivion is still collecting awards and praises from the gaming press, its prequel, Morrowind, is still played by many RPG fans. There will never be a 100% done Morrowind game since the combinations of races, items and abilities have no known limit yet. It's like no one has lived to tell if Bethesda's cult game has a point where everything gets redundant. Elder Scrolls III is the definition of non-linearity and you need to have a certain guideline to get things right. Those tips I provided are not practically cheats, because in such a game, cheating would be a real pity, when you think about the game's value and the way it challenges the gamer. 
